Where: Belgium (50.8° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belemnella casimirovensis other zone, Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Upper third of Meerssen member, latest Maastrichtian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geo Centrum Brabant
Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138751: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 26.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Paguristes florae n. sp.
Paguristes florae n. sp. Collins et al. 1995 hermit crab |